and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> my special guest, tavis smiley, and president obama got reelected, quite an easy victory, were you surprised? >> not at all, i think when the republican nominee has to run to his right to try to get the nomination, and then to hustle back to the center to try to win the general, you're going to get caught, flip-flopping on a variety of issues. as mr. romney's campaign said, you're going to get caught doing your ech-a-sketch thing. i thought the race would be closer, but i expected from the beginning, once romney was the nominee, he was the guy they didn't want from the very beginning. >> what was the extraordinary gap between romney, african-americans, 96%, asian, 73-26, and so on. and almost every demographic, he got slaughtered. >> he did. and now the president has to represent -- the president would not be in the